In the early days of television, everything was live, even the repeats. Actors and actresses had to think on their feet, running from set to set, often while changing costume and making cuts to their scripts at the same time. In this book, stars such as Dame Eileen Atkins, Wendy Craig and Sir Nigel Hawthorne recall the frenetic conditions in which classics such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z Cars were made, and the extraordinary hazards they had to deal with - scenery collapsed, actors went missing, and even died.